Emmanouíl Karalís
Greek male pole vaulter
Photo: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Sep 13
Miltos Tentoglou wins inaugural Ultimate Championship long jump with 8.35m
Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou secured first place at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on 12 September 2026, recording a leap of 8.35 meters to claim the 150,000-dollar top prize.
- Sep 12
Merlin Hummel wins hammer throw at Budapest Ultimate Championship for $150,000 prize
German hammer thrower Merlin Hummel won the inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest with an 81.46-meter throw, claiming a 150,000-dollar prize at the new condensed track and field meeting.
- Sep 11
Mondo Duplantis wins Budapest Ultimate Championship as Emmanouil Karalis takes second with 6.15m
Armand Duplantis secured first place at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, holding off Greece's Emmanouil Karalis who finished second with a 6.15-meter clearance.
- Sep 5
Emmanouil Karalis wins Diamond League pole vault final with 6.12-metre meeting record
The Greek pole vaulter cleared 5.92 metres in Brussels to secure the Diamond League title before breaking Armand Duplantis's meeting record with a 6.12-metre clearance.
- Aug 24
Duplantis wins Silesia Diamond League with 6.20m vault as Karalis takes second
Armand Duplantis cleared 6.20 metres on his first attempt to win the men's pole vault at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland, defeating Emmanouil Karalis and Sondre Guttormsen.
- Aug 16
Karalis takes European pole vault silver as Duplantis claims fourth outdoor title in Birmingham
Greek pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis won silver at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, clearing 6.00m as Sweden's Mondo Duplantis took gold with 6.15m for his fourth outdoor European title.
- Jun 28
Giannis Antetokounmpo reveals 2020 mental health crisis nearly pushed him out of basketball, credits brother Thanasis for pulling him back
NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo, now with the Miami Heat, shared at the SNF Nostos 2026 festival in Athens that he struggled with mental health around 2020 and nearly walked away from basketball, crediting his brother Thanasis for pulling him back.
